Grady County Commissioners Regular Meeting November 09, 2026

At the November 9, 2026, Grady County Commissioners regular meeting, the board tabled a proposed Air Med Care Network membership program that would cost about $196,000 annually, citing the lack of budgeted funds and noting that some municipalities already offer similar coverage. Commissioners approved payment of certain previously denied purchase orders after explanations were provided, including payroll and grocery expenses; staff were cautioned that expenses lacking proper purchase orders may need to be paid from donation accounts. The board also approved transitioning a District 1 part-time employee to full-time, hiring a replacement school resource officer, and repairing a 2017 Ford F-150, with funding for the repair still to be checked. Commissioners approved sending out construction-cleaning bids and approved the request for bids for the temporary judicial center’s audio-visual system. In bid discussions, Van Dyke was identified as the low plumbing bidder, while the woodworking and electrical bids were reviewed; the transcript does not clearly establish final awards for those work categories. The electrical bids differed by about $46,589, largely because of added emergency lighting, and no clear award vote is captured.

The board approved road-use and maintenance agreements with Amber Energy LLC and Rose Rock Energy Center LLC for construction of solar and energy-storage projects, with Rose Rock’s acreage corrected to 24.5 acres; commissioners also requested that the project avoid a recently improved county road where possible. The board approved declaring specified Burton property surplus and deeding it to the town. It tabled the asset-inventory review. Commissioners were told they would begin reviewing purchase orders directly, and discussion emphasized that county funds should not be used for giveaways or items bearing officials’ personal names, a purchasing-control practice that may affect future county purchases.